105 



B. Species lar!i:er. wilh a lriiin<rular dark patch iiikI.t (li,. oblique 



apical streak: 



Palc-ash foro Willis, wilh two whitish baiul.s; iiii.l.lle buml Hcarccly prnjcct- 



iiiS; tip of male abdomen imicronato />. runigerala. 



Browuish-ash, with dlstiiict tan-brown bauds ; siibajiical patch hir},'^ and 

 distinct; scallops of outer edgo of discal line anjiular and larj;«, 

 especially those of the three-tool lied jirojeetion /'. prutiata. 



C. Apex very scpiare ; Core wings with the outer eilge oi' middle 



line rnnuing straight out from costa, with no scallops, and 

 forming a more or less falcate angle: 



a. Bluclc-hroioi, ivilli fhvi-ichilr lines; funning blade sqiiarc.i and triangles; ihnmx 



Ktriped with white: 



Size small; angle much rounded; no eosto-apical triangle /». alholincata. 



Large ; angle acute, wilh costo-apical triangle and oblong patches within.. /'. atrmolorata. 



b. Large: bright inhrenu^-iiellnw : 



A subapieal deeii-oehreous patch, angle rounded; middle baud broad, uuiii- 



terrupled, edged with white /'. tentata. 



Larger than testuta; apex more pointed; a subapieal dark patch; middle 



band broad, dark on the sides; a broad dark basal baud P. pupulata. 



Outer angle of middle band very acutely falcate, nearly reaching outer edgo 

 of wing ; lines brown, linear, formiug an oblong area in inner third of 

 the wing, and a triangular area on middle of inner edge of wing P. diversilineala. 



Pacific. 



DimiuHtivo; inner edgeof middle band acutely bent toward niiddleof wing. P. koninata. 

 Larger; inner side of middle band straight; both wings bright-ochreous 



l>«"<'"fli P. mancipaia. 



AVings not angulated, yellow, with a broad marginal shade, and a subtrian- 



gular si)ot on the hind wings /'. flarieata. 



Petropuora truncata Packai-d. Plate 8, figs. 38, 39, 40. 



" Geometra truncata llufii., Berl. M., iv, 602, 625, 1769." 



" Geometra ceutiimnotata Schultz, Naturf., vi, 9.3, iv, 4, 1775." 



" Geometra russata Den. ot Schiif., Verz., 11:5, 1776." 



"Borkh., Eur. Sdnn., v, 4(1."., 1794." 

 "Hiibn., liur. Schni., :i0.j, 1796." 

 Dijsstroma russata Hiilm., Verz., 3:i;{, 1818. 

 Cidaria russata Troits., Schui. Eur., vi (ii), 189, 1828. 



Uup., Lep. France, viii (v), :?24, pi. 193, fig. 4, 1830. 

 Pnhjpkasia centumnotata Steph., HI., iii, 230, 1831. 

 Cidaria rusaaria Boisd., Gen. Ind., 214, 1840. 

 Larentia russaria H.-Sch., Schm. Eur., iii, 172, fig. 189, 1847. 

 Poh/phasia russata St(!ph., Cat. Br. Lep., 196, 1850. 

 Cidaria russata Guen., Phal., ii, 464, 18.57. 



Walk., List Lep. Br. Mns., xxv, 1380, 1862. 

 Cidaria brunueuta Pack., Proc. Bost. See. N. H., xi, 17, 1867. 



, 10 <? and G 9. — Palpi long; fore wings much produced toward the acute 

 apex; the costa being rather more curved than usual toward the apex. Abdo- 

 Uph 



